Code No: 133BT

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
B.Tech II Year I Semester Examinations, September - 2021
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS – I
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
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Answer any five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) An aluminum alloy plate of size 50 mm × 20 mm with thickness 5 mm is loaded as

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shown in figure 1. Find the change in thickness? What must be the load to be applied to
have the same change in thickness if load is applied only along thickness direction? Take
Young’s modulus as 1 × 105 MPa and Poisson’s ratio as 0.25.
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Figure: 1
b) A rod which tapers uniformly from 50 mm diameter to 30 mm diameter in a length of
1.5m is subjected to an axial force of 150kN. Determine the elongation of the rod. Take
E = 200GPa. [8+7]
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2. Draw the SFD and BMD for the overhanging beam shown in figure 2. Indicate the
position and magnitude of maximum bending moment. Also find the distance of point of
contraflexure from either support. [15]
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Figure: 2
3.a) A rolled steel joist of I section has the dimensions as shown in figure 3. The beam carries
a uniformly distributed load of 40 kN/m run on a span of 10 m, calculate the maximum
stress produced due to bending.
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b) A cast iron beam is of T section with thickness of 20mm for flange and web. The flange
width is 150mm and overall depth is 240mm. The beam is simply supported over a span
of 6m and carries uniformly distributed load of 3kN/m over the entire span. Plot the
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bending stress distribution diagram. [7+8]

4. A simply supported beam of length 8m, carries the uniformly distributed load of 15kN/m
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over a length of 4m starting from 1m from the left support. Draw the S.F and B.M
diagrams for the beam. Also calculate the maximum bending moment. [15]

5.a) A rectangular block is subjected to a tensile stress of 110 N/mm2 on one plane and a
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tensile stress of 47 N/mm2 on a plane at right angles, together with shear stresses of
63 N/mm2 on the same planes. Find:
i) The direction of the principal planes.
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ii) The magnitude of the principal stress
iii) The magnitude of the greatest shear stress.
b) Explain the construction of Mohr’s circle of stresses for a two-dimensional stress system
accompanied by shear stress. [8+7]
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6.a) A simply supported beam of length 10 m carries a uniformly distributed load of 10 kN/m
over a span length of 5 m from the left support. A point load of 15 kN and a moment of
10 kN-m are acting on the beam at a distance of 6.5 m and 8 m respectively from the left
support. Draw the SF and BM diagrams. Find out the maximum bending moment and its
location.
b) A brass rod 25 mm diameter is enclosed in a steel tube of 50 mm external diameter and
25 mm internal diameter. The rod and tube are both initially 1.5 m long and are rigidly
fastened at both ends. Find the stress in two materials when temperature rises from 300C
to 1000C. Modulus of elasticity for steel and brass are 200 kN/mm2 and 100 kN/mm2
respectively. Coefficient of thermal expansion for steel =11.6 × 10-6/0C Coefficient of
thermal expansion for brass = 18.7 × 10-6/0C. [7+8]
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7.a) Derive from fundamentals, pure bending equation   . Also state the important
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assumptions.
b) Draw the shear stress distribution diagram for a symmetrical I-section subjected to shear
force of 40 kN. The dimensions of I-section are : Top flange : 80 mm × 20 mm,
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web 200 mm × 20 mm, bottom flange 80 mm × 20 mm. [7+8]

8.a) A horizontal girder of steel having uniform section is 14 m long and is simply supported
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at its ends. It carries concentrated loads of 120 kN and 80 kN at two points 3 m and 4.5 m
from the two ends respectively. I for the section of the girder is 16 × 108 mm4 and
Es = 210 kN/mm2. Calculate the deflection of the girder at points under the two loads and
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maximum deflection using Macaulay’s method.
b) The principal stresses at a point are 200 N/mm2 and 80 N/mm2 both tensile. Find the
normal, tangential and resultant stresses on a plane inclined at 550 to the direction of the
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major principal stress. [8+7]
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